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A cake for the birthday of Kian PirFalak during diaspora communities' rallies against the Islamic Republic
On the birth anniversary of Kian Pirfalak, the 9-year-old child killed in Izeh during the Iranian anti-regime protests, Iranians abroad held protest performances and rallies in several countries.
Kian would have turned 10 on June 11 this year, but on the evening of November 16 last year, the family car carrying Kian, his parents, and his three-year-old brother Radin was targeted by plainclothesmen in Izeh, a town of around 100,000 in the east of the oil-rich Khuzestan Province.
Kian’s father was also seriously wounded in the shooting. Authorities claim the family car was attacked by “terrorists”.
The videos received by Iran International show Iranians living in Austria celebrating Kian's birthday by holding a program in Graz on Saturday.
In Sweden, the Iranian diaspora held rallies in Stockholm and Gothenburg to celebrate the birthday of Kian.
Similar events were also staged in Copenhagen, Hamburg, Washington, and Brisbane.
On Friday, a group of Iranians living in the UK also celebrated Kian's birthday by gathering in front of the Foreign Office. They also called for the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist group.
In the past days, several calls were published to hold gatherings on the anniversary of Kian Pirfalak's birthday.
Social media users welcomed Kian’s birthday with the hashtag "rememberingkian" and publishing his photos.
Mahmonir Molaei-Rad, Kian's mother, previously wrote on her Instagram that the security forces raided the house of one of their friends taking away "all the items they had prepared to celebrate Kian's birthday."
